Preoperative C-Reactive Protein Values as a Potential Component in Outcome Prediction Models of Metastasized Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Receiving Cytoreductive Nephrectomy.

Purpose: To validate preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) levels as a prognostic marker for survival in a metastasized renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patient cohort receiving cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN).

Patients And Methods: By chart review, 146 mRCC patients receiving CN at our tertiary referral centre from 1997 to 2015 were identified retrospectively. All relevant clinicopathological features including laboratory parameters were collected and correlated to overall survival, progression-free survival and cancer-specific survival (CSS).

Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Ruptured Ileocecal Pouches for Continent Cutaneous Urinary Diversion.

Background And Objectives: The study aimed to report on pouch ruptures in 5 patients with ileocecal reservoirs for continent cutaneous urinary diversion.

Patients And Methods: Five male patients aged 48-89 were referred to our department between 2000 and 2016 with a ruptured ileocecal pouch 16-175 months postoperatively.

Results: With an incidence of 0.